import codecs
import jieba
import xlrd
import os

def read_excel(path):
    sent_list = []
    sent_word_list = []
    sent_file = xlrd.open_workbook(path)
    table = sent_file.sheet_by_index(0)
    for it in range(1, table.nrows):
        row = table.row_values(it)
        sent_word_list.append(row[0])
    return sent_word_list
